how many conference finals appearances does larry bird have

Larry Bird had 8 appearances in Conference Finals in his career.

	NAME	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Larry Bird L. Bird	4/18/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	46	27	9	5	4	1	13	24	54.2	0	3	0.0	1	1	100.0	55.2			2	4
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	4/20/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	46	31	12	2	1	1	15	30	50.0	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	50.9			8	4
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	4/23/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	BOS	@	PHI	47	22	21	4	4	0	9	21	42.9	3	4	75.0	1	2	50.0	50.3	2	19	2	4
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	4/25/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	BOS	@	PHI	41	19	13	3	1	3	6	15	40.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	51.3			4	4
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	4/27/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	42	12	14	4	2	2	5	19	26.3	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	30.2			6	5
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	4/21/1981	1980-81	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	48	33	10	3	1	0	14	29	48.3	0	0		5	5	100.0	52.9			1	4
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	4/22/1981	1980-81	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	41	34	16	5	0	1	14	21	66.7	0	0		6	7	85.7	70.6	2	14	5	3
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	4/24/1981	1980-81	Conference Finals	BOS	@	PHI	45	22	13	4	0	0	8	16	50.0	0	1	0.0	6	7	85.7	57.7			0	4
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	4/26/1981	1980-81	Conference Finals	BOS	@	PHI	48	18	17	6	2	3	7	19	36.8	0	1	0.0	4	5	80.0	42.5			5	4
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	4/29/1981	1980-81	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	43	32	11	5	3	2	11	24	45.8	0	0		10	10	100.0	56.3			6	4
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/1/1981	1980-81	Conference Finals	BOS	@	PHI	45	25	16	4	2	2	10	22	45.5	0	0		5	6	83.3	50.7			6	4
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/3/1981	1980-81	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	43	23	11	5	5	2	8	17	47.1	1	1	100.0	6	7	85.7	57.3			1	1
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/9/1982	1981-82	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	41	24	15	10	4	1	10	23	43.5	0	2	0.0	4	4	100.0	48.5			2	2
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/12/1982	1981-82	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	45	18	14	4	3	1	9	20	45.0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	44.0			6	4
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/15/1982	1981-82	Conference Finals	BOS	@	PHI	44	15	13	11	1	1	6	16	37.5	0	0		3	7	42.9	39.3			2	4
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/16/1982	1981-82	Conference Finals	BOS	@	PHI	37	17	9	5	0	2	8	16	50.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		53.1			1	4
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/19/1982	1981-82	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	42	20	20	8	1	1	8	19	42.1	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	48.2	4	16	3	2
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/21/1982	1981-82	Conference Finals	BOS	@	PHI	45	14	17	4	2	0	6	19	31.6	0	0		2	2	100.0	35.2			5	4
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/23/1982	1981-82	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	44	20	11	9	2	2	7	18	38.9	0	0		6	8	75.0	46.5	5	6	3	4
20	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/15/1984	1983-84	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	MIL	38	24	6	5	0	1	6	14	42.9	0	0		12	15	80.0	58.3	1	5	2	2
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/17/1984	1983-84	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	MIL	43	32	13	7	3	1	9	17	52.9	0	0		14	14	100.0	69.1	1	12	5	4
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/19/1984	1983-84	Conference Finals	BOS	@	MIL	41	28	8	6	4	0	10	18	55.6	0	0		8	8	100.0	65.1	1	7	8	1
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/21/1984	1983-84	Conference Finals	BOS	@	MIL	38	32	10	8	3	0	13	22	59.1	0	1	0.0	6	7	85.7	63.8	4	6	5	3
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/23/1984	1983-84	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	MIL	42	21	13	4	2	1	8	21	38.1	1	1	100.0	4	5	80.0	45.3	4	9	9	2
25	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/12/1985	1984-85	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	38	23	9	7	4	1	10	18	55.6	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	59.5	4	5	2	4
	Average			0.2				42.9	23.4	11.6	6.2	2.0	1.1	8.8	19.5	45.2	0.5	1.4	34.4	5.3	6.0	88.4	52.9			3.6	3.2
	Total			8				1,972	1,077	532	283	90	52	405	897	45.2	22	64	34.4	245	277	88.4	52.9			165	148